As night falls, the lights in the Wachovia Center Arena illuminate the surrounding streets.

In the earth-shattering cheers, time flies

In the arena, there was a dead silence on the bench of the 76ers, and everyone fell into silence, staring blankly at the man on the court killing all sides, and the score difference was like the weak legs of a weaker woman, constantly being pulled apart.

At halftime, 47-32, in the entire second quarter, the 76ers only scored 9 points!

At this time, it was already the third quarter of the game, and the Lakers' defense today seemed to be hanging up, 49-35, 54-35, 59-38 Half a quarter passed, 76ers fans helplessly found that the team's offense was like a pool of stagnant water, and it looked like it was about to fall into garbage time.

Tang Wenlong stood cross-legged, his chest rising and falling, sweat constantly oozing from his forehead, down his sharply cut cheeks, and falling to the floor drop by drop.

Although he had tasted the cruelty of the NBA for a long time, it was the first time he had encountered such a deep sense of powerlessness.

The Lakers are so strong that even if the main center Bynum is out due to injury, the combination of Gasol and Odom is far from being a good combination of Des Jangasbains, the former two are All-Star caliber players, and the latter two were only dispensable bench players for the team not long ago.

The outside line is even more outrageous, Tang Wenlong was personally marked by Kobe, Iguodala was also firmly locked by Artest, and the entire 76ers' outside line fell into a quagmire, not to mention Holiday who is now in a big drop and is in a fugue all day.

At the free throw line, Iguodala scored the second free throw, 41-59, and the score was close to within 20 points.

The good news is that Artest received his third foul of the game, and with the remaining half of the quarter, he had to go to the bench if he fouled again.

"Old Fish" Fisher dribbled through the half, and Pau Gasol had a light long arm and responded with a high post.

The essence of the triangle attack is to create one-on-one opportunities for superstars, so it always takes more than two star strengths to form the strongest triangle. But at the same time, it's also known as a flickering tactic, because first you have to find two suitable superstars.

Gasol is a perfect fit for the Lakers' triangle offense, he came to the Lakers three years ago, and immediately pulled the Lakers from a playoff fringe team to a championship contender, and then entered the Finals every year for the next three years, winning the first two consecutive championships.

Inside the three-point line, at the power forward position, there is no more well-rounded player than him.

He can shoot in the high position, can respond, can hook hands in the low position, can defend people, and the most important thing is that he is not for the data, he is willing to be a second-in-command.

"And he's tall and long, and Thaddeus Young, who defends him, looks like he's half a head off." Kenny Smith laughed and said he was particularly proud to see the Lakers lead the 76ers.

In the elbow area, Gasol and Kobe Bryant, who came out of the circle, completed a hand-to-hand pass, and by the way, Kobe Bryant made a no-ball screen, and Iguodala was blocked solidly.

Bryant took a step sideways to catch the ball, raised his feet and shot with both hands.

Hit! 61 to 41.

One step inside the three-point line, Bryant's mid-range jumper has been a big killer in the league.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." Iguodala takes the initiative to ask for the ball after half-time, which is rarely seen in normal times.

Holiday naturally had nothing to say, and directly distributed the ball to him, Tang Wenlong knew what Iguodala meant, and silently pulled away from the bottom corner of the ambush, but his body was tense, like a cheetah ready to attack at any time.

Iguodala is excellent on the ball, and he is adept at using the crotch dribble and the dribble behind him.

It's just that Artest's defense is not ordinary, and after opening his arms, he observes the changes in Iguodala's shoulders and center of gravity, and is not confused by his other movements.

After a few bluffs, Iguodala brought in Thaddeus Young for the pick-and-roll.

Young is not very strong, the blocking effect is very average, the two are still entangled on the three-point line, seeing that the ball has been in possession for a long time, Iguodala turned around and threw the ball and gave it to Young, who moved two steps to the side outside the three-point line.

Thaddeus Young was stunned for a moment, but immediately reacted, and after taking advantage of the crotch, he took a big leap on the right side, leaning on Gasol to complete the breakthrough.

"Brother's speed is still quite fast!" Thaddeus Young said proudly.

In the blink of an eye, he was outside the three-second zone, and at this time, another Lakers interior lineman, Lamar Odom, was already standing on the side, making an ambush gesture with both hands, looking like he was going to make up for it.

Thaddeus Young immediately stood up on his guard, and after glancing at Odom, he gritted his teeth and flew up with a big leap and used a conservative two-handed forward slam dunk.

"Bang!"

Until he landed on the ground, Odom didn't have any changes, only to see him pout, quickly picked up the basketball rolling on the floor, and sent it out.

Thaddeus Young was in pain, it turned out that she was just thinking too much.

61-43, the offense and defense switched, and Fisher passed back to Artest at the top of the arc in the bottom corner.

Artest turned and handed Kobe Bryant at 45 degrees on the left, and before Kobe could say hello, Gasol consciously ran out and made a block for Kobe.

A pull-up jump shot from twenty feet out! No.

The rebound was won by Tang Wenlong, who has only scored 6 points so far in this game, but has grabbed 8 rebounds, three of which are frontcourt rebounds, breaking his personal career single-game frontcourt rebounding record.

One of the consensus of the 76ers players is that once one of Tang Wenlong and Iguodala protects the backcourt rebound, then they must run, because this may be a fast-break opportunity!

The large lead made the Lakers' old problems reappear, Tang Wenlong quickly advanced through the half, and found that only Fisher was left to retreat, which couldn't help but make him happy, and after Iguodala also ran through the half, the two formed a two-on-one opportunity in the front court!

Pass, pass again.

Iguodala and Tang Wenlong used a wall-hitting cooperation to complete the attack, and Tang Wenlong easily received Iguodala's pass in the air and filled the basket, which was his easiest score in the game.

61-45, Phil Jackson, who was there off the court, jumped his eyelids and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

It's just that the point difference is still very huge, and after Phil Jackson thought about it, he still didn't call the referee to ask for a timeout, and he decided that if the 76ers scored another goal, they would ask for a timeout anyway.

Just as he was thinking about it, Gasol hit an inside hook shot, 63-45, and the Lakers widened the gap to 18 points.

Phil Jackson let out a long breath to himself, perhaps thinking too much.

After the switch between offense and defense, Iguodala held the ball and Tang Wenlong made a gesture.

Tang Wenlong understood, and immediately ran upside down to block and dismantle Iguodala, two people outside the three-point line to block each other is already a set of regular tactics of the 76ers, once the two of them complete the blocking, the power is amazing.

This time, after completing the blocking, Tang Wenlong pushed it outside the three-point line, and after Iguodala broke through two steps to attract the attention of Kobe and Artest, he directly and vigorously distributed Tang Wenlong.

Before the man reached the three-point line, the ball had already passed.

As soon as Tang Wenlong stepped outside the three-point line, the basketball was handed over to him, and there was no gap of a second.

He bends his knees, jumps, and shoots!

Artest couldn't catch up, allowing him to get such a near-open shot.

As soon as Tang Wenlong made a shot, he felt that the ball was there, and the feeling of shooting was something that went deep into the bone marrow after being tempered thousands of times in the training hall.

Sure enough, the other end of the parabola fell into the basket accurately!

63 to 48.

The ball was thrown, and when he retreated, Tang Wenlong and Iguodala high-fived in celebration.

"You're getting better and better at catching the ball, like Reggie Miller said, to be a super shooter?" Iguodala said jokingly.

Tang Wenlong said: "What's wrong with the shooter, the biggest problem is whether you can shoot or not." ”

On the other end, Kobe Bryant's face showed a look of interest, the rookie's fighting spirit made him admire in his heart, even in this case, he did not see the slightest discouragement, which was a bit like him, he thought to himself.

"I'm going to attack!" Bryant said like Fisher.

Fisher nodded in understanding, but in fact, he was secretly insulting himself, and after a round he acted as if he hadn't made two shots before.

Slander to blame, and after half time, he still honestly handed the ball to Kobe.

The Lakers skillfully pulled out the lineup, and Bryant immediately formed a one-on-one with Iguodala.

"Huh?" Iguodala was not surprised, he was still thinking about how Gasol could help deal with the terrifying inside line, and Kobe Bryant solved the problem for him, and he always remembered what Collins had told him before the game - if we could pull Kobe into unlimited individual singles, it would be a big weapon for us to win!

Kobe Bryant controlled the ball with his left hand and stepped to the left, pressed his knees down, turned his wrist inward, and quickly "snapped" the basketball on the floor to complete the forward change of direction.

Tang Wenlong's eyes on the other side were hot, and the change of direction in front of his body was so skillful!